If anyone thinks ANYONE will be arriving anytime before a week after a huge earthquake, they havent been paying attn. Northridge will look like a picnic if an 8.0 hits.
Here’s a hint. There is no defense against an 8.0 earthquake. Six cans of tuna won’t do it.
You are on your own, and it doesn’t matter if you’re “prepared” or not. When the building collapses and the gas and water pipelines rupture, simply sipping some bottled water and nibbling on your tuna will not get you very far.
http://urbanearth.gps.caltech.edu/wp-content/uploads/shakemap_intensity.pdf http://www.shakeout.org/scenario/index.html